Crosskeys railway station
Crosskeys railway station is a station serving the village of Crosskeys in the Caerphilly County Borough in Wales. It is on the Ebbw Valley Railway.
| General information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Crosskeys, Caerphilly Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°37′15″N 3°07′33″W / 51.6208°N 3.1259°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST221919 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CKY | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| December 1850 | Line opened | ||||
| June 1851 | Crossing used as station | ||||
| About August 1851 | Station opened as Cross Keys | ||||
| 30 April 1962 | Station closed to passengers | ||||
| 7 June 2008 | Station reopened to passengers as Crosskeys | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 | 0.111 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 99,846 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 12,474 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 53,018 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 72,072 | ||||
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The station is situated behind houses on Risca Road and Carlton Terrace. The access to the station is via a one-way system off High Street exiting via Carlton Terrace.
Crosskeys is a two-platform station and there is no car park. The station provides good access to the village and Crosskeys College.
The station marks the end of the double-track passing loop between Risca and Crosskeys; upon leaving Crosskeys trains enter the single track which extends to the railhead in Ebbw Vale Town.
History edit
The line through the station site opened on 23 December 1850, at this time there was no station, it was not mentioned in the newspaper report of the line opening nor in the first published timetable.[1][2] By June 1851 trains were ordered to stop at the level crossing here as soon as booking arrangements were complete.[3] This was not uncommon practice in the early days of railways when trains could be boarded at designated stopping-places, passengers clambering aboard from the lineside having purchased tickets from a nearby inn.[4] There was a station on the site by August 1851 as from then it appeared in the timetable, at this time there were two trains each day in each direction, terminating at Newport Courtybella and Blaina.[a][5]
The station re-opened on 7 June 2008, four months after services recommenced on the line.[3]
The station name formerly used by the railways was spelt as two words, the Ordnance Survey using the spelling as one word Crosskeys and the re-opened station has taken this spelling as well.[6][7]
Services edit
On Mondays to Saturdays, there are two trains an hour between Cardiff Central or Newport and Ebbw Vale Town in each direction. On Sundays, the Cardiff to Ebbw Vale service runs via Newport every two hours.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risca and Pontymister | Transport for Wales Cardiff / Newport - Ebbw Vale Town | Newbridge | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Risca Line open, station closed | Great Western Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company | Cwmcarn Line open, station closed | ||
Notes edit
- ^ According to Quick (2023) citing material in the minutes of Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company the station was not ordered until January 1863 and opened sometime after then.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Opening of the Western Valleys Railway, Monday, December 23, 1850". Monmouthshire Merlin. 28 December 1850. p. 1.
- ^ "Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company - Western Valleys Line". Monmouthshire Merlin. 4 January 1851. p. 1.
- ^ a b c Quick 2023, p. 150.
- ^ Biddle 1997, p. 473.
- ^ "Western Valleys Railway". Monmouthshire Merlin. 22 August 1851. p. 1.
- ^ Monmouthshire Sheet XXVII (Map). Six-inch. Ordnance Survey. 1885.
- ^ Bradshaw 2011, table 59.
Bibliography edit
- Biddle, Gordon (1997). "stations, passenger". In Simmons, Jack; Biddle, Gordon (eds.). The Oxford Companion to British Railway History From 1603 to the 1990s (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 473–475. ISBN 0-19-211697-5.
- Bradshaw, George (2011) [December 1895]. Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895: A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6. OCLC 832579861.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
External links edit
- Train times and station information for Crosskeys railway station from National Rail
- . Archived from the original on 26 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- . Blaenau Gwent council. 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "National Transport Plan" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. July 2009. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2010.